Londo Mollari's TealogLondo Mollari's tealog on Steepsterhttps://steepster.com/
Premium Green from Stash Tea CompanyI have tried several times to like this tea because my mother pawned off a giant box of it on me a few months ago. Haven't been successful yet. I think it will become a cooking tea. It moves from tasteless and dull to bitter and overpowering in a flash. Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:16:24 -0400/teas/Premium%20Green/1797-premium-green?post=130619
Jasmine Silver Needle from TeaismFri, 21 Sep 2012 14:41:29 -0400/teas/Jasmine%20Silver%20Needle/30453-jasmine-silver-needle?post=130924
Lemon and Ginger from TwiningsI know this is not a very respectable tea, it isn't even a real tea at all, but after months of turning my nose up at this box I realized over the weekend that it was exactly what I needed. Again. I am also almost out of it and am going to have to go pick up more. I apparently keep this in stock just in case.
When I don't feel well I become a spectacularly bad homemaker. This means that sometimes I run out of fresh ginger, or lemon, or *gasp* BOTH!! In these situations I have found a bag or two of this can stand in. I can add it to chamomile and honey, or mate, and it is the perfect base for a flu/sore throat/scurvy/black death/general ick recovery potion. Over the weekend one of these and a spoon of honey got the S.O. to actually enjoy a mate, and ask for more! It's just a good basic lemony-gingery tool to have in the arsenal.
By itself though it is not much. I always add honey or, well, something. By itself it tastes too much like the soapy side of lemongrass. Oh, and it is VERY forgiving of steep time and temp. Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:46:48 -0400/teas/Lemon%20and%20Ginger/2246-lemon-and-ginger?post=131779
Mayan Chocolate Chai from 52teasFirst off, apologies are in order. After ordering this tea based on it's description and reviews on this site I then promptly ignored all comments on how intensely spicy this was, assuming for some reason that the praise was accurate but the comments on it being too spicy would not be true for me. Oops. This is too hot for me by itself.
With some milk and honey it is much better, but with some quality cocoa powder it's amazing. A great addition to the cupboard for the fall.
Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:09:54 -0400/teas/Mayan%20Chocolate%20Chai/1710-mayan-chocolate-chai?post=133121
Genmaicha Extra Green from Den's TeaThu, 04 Oct 2012 17:12:11 -0400/teas/Genmaicha%20Extra%20Green/1009-genmaicha-extra-green?post=133122
Organic Genmaicha from Den's TeaThu, 04 Oct 2012 17:19:09 -0400/teas/Organic%20Genmaicha/10702-organic-genmaicha?post=133123
Wanja Purple Tea from Wanja Tea of KenyaThis tea deserves better than the quickie service I just gave it. I am at work and had to microwave water, so I think the water temperature (whatever temp this is) is too high. Fortunately I received a great sample and I have enough left over to try again at home. I brought it to work with me thinking I would enjoy something new today. I do, but it is ... odd.
The leaves are mostly fine shred, they have a deep brown dark earthy color that I like, somewhere between coffee and good soil. When I first opened the bag for some reason I smelled cocoa and burning leaves but somehow that has changed. Not sure why/how that would happen, I might be insane. Now when I smell the dry leaves or the bag it smells mostly of cedar pepper and salt water. Strange. Oh, and the wet leaves smelled like steamed shellfish a minute ago and now that they are cooled they smell like something else completely. It does keep me guessing, though. I am gonna have to try this again at home when I have my thinking nose on. It is possible that I am going crazy. I like this tea, though. It tastes a little astringent, and a little dusty. It won't hold still. Strange stuff. Will edit when I get a chance to try it at home.
Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:12:18 -0400/teas/Wanja%20Purple%20Tea/30133-wanja-purple-tea?post=133199
Thé Noir Ceylan O.P. from Dammann FreresHad this at the Birch and Barley over the weekend. Capped off an AMAZING anniversary dinner! I love that I was able to finish a fabulous meal with a genuinely great tea. If this wasn't so simple but perfect it never could have stood alongside the dessert I ordered - a Chai Cheesecake with roasted seckle pear, cranberry orange sorbet, walnuts and salted caramel macaron. (Which I thought was the same as a macaroon and it wasn't, but was good anyway.)
I set one lovely sugar lump and a few splashes of milk into it. It was soothing, smooth and simple, but with surprising elegance. I think I need to make a friend in France. Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:23:12 -0400/teas/Th%C3%A9%20Noir%20Ceylan%20O.P./30994-the-noir-ceylan-op?post=133621
Sencha Fuka-midori from Den's TeaThis is a beautiful Japanese tea. I got this in my sampler from Den's (yay!) and I have just enough left to share a pot, so the s.o. can tell me I am right. I followed the 'traditional' parameters as best I could, but doubling the volume of water and tea to accommodate the Americanness of my current teaware.
This tea has a humid vegetal, roasted seaweed nose that I can't get enough of. Humid seems like a crazy thing to say about a smell, but *I* know what I mean! ;) It smells how I always thought rainy Japanese coasts would smell when I was a kid, based solely on National Geographic photos. It smells actually quite close to the roasted seaweed snack it just inspired me to open, though without the sesame oil.
HAH! Oh yeah, and it tastes good too. Three steepings in and I am quite happy, pleasantly buzzed, and still trying to figure out how this can have a little bitterness in the finish without being unpleasant. It actually adds quite a bit to the overall character of the tea, just a touch of bitter, a touch of sweet, and a richness to the mouthfeel that I associate with umami.
Oh, and ignore the prep details at the bottom, they are wrong. I am on my iPad and it refuses to play nice with the sliders on here.
Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:01:21 -0400/teas/Sencha%20Fuka-midori/1010-sencha-fuka-midori?post=134290
Taiwan Ginseng (Lan Gui Ren) Oolong Tea from TeavivreThank you for the samples, Angel!!!
Last night I had a minor tragedy and lost TWO(!!) plants to mealybugs, so I needed the cheering up. I had clipped a few leaves from my purple basil for dinner and discovered dozens of the fluffy white menace. This plant shared space with some cilantro I had been having trouble with and was neighbors to the dendrochilum I had just performed surgery on yesterday. With chemical assistance I could have saved the herbs, maybe, but I wouldn't want to eat them. I decided to throw them out before they had a chance to infect everyone else.
What a way to be cheered, though! I was fortunate enough to have today off, and the s.o. was working from home as well, so I was able to sign for my long-awaited samples from Teavivre and we both got to try this one! I started with the ginseng oolong because it was the one most likely to attract the curiosity of the non tea-obsessed. This impressed us both. I fixed up a little pot and we shared it.
Day two:
The only reason I am not ordering more already is because there are more teas to sample and I want to make sure I try them. Oh, and combined shipping for the ones I decide I must have. If I order more of this now it might be all I drink till the weather turns. But I really love it. I have never tried anything really ginseng-y before, there is something tingly and clean and healthy feeling about drinking this, like a hot honey cough drop, but wonderful. Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:08:58 -0400/teas/Taiwan%20Ginseng%20(Lan%20Gui%20Ren)%20Oolong%20Tea/27090-taiwan-ginseng-lan-gui-ren-oolong-tea?post=134777
Finnigan's Wakeup from Chad's Chai and Tea CompanySeems like every time I try a tea I feel like I need to try it again. The rest of you can do great notes the first time. I will learn. Anywho, I will be trying this one again soon, but so far it is fabulous. I wanted a good black breakfast tea and I got it. This was a sample I got along with the basic black chai sample, and I think I actually like this more!
I cream and sugar my breakfast teas, so I like them bold. This is a deep rich flavor, just the right maltiness and power but without being a caffeine blast to the gut, and smooth enough to go with breakfast instead of overpowering it. Of course I sort of forgot about breakfast today and sat sipping instead.Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:17:08 -0400/teas/Finnigan's%20Wakeup/13098-finnigans-wakeup?post=135459
Organic Fresh Green Yerba Mate Loose from Mate FactorSo, I had tried a few yerba mate blends before, and even got a surprise gourd, straw and pound of mate from some friends overseas a few years back. Admittedly at the time I was very politely ungrateful and all "My friends moved to Argentina and all I got was this nasty bitter dusty tea!" Though not out loud, of course. Turns out I just hated the type of mate. This stuff is much better.
This green mate is MUCH better than the dry dusty brown stuff I am used to. It has a bitterness still, but much more subdued, and it can stand on its own or particularly well with a bit of sweetener. I also tend to toss a bag of lipton lemongrass ginger tea in with this. Yeah, I said it. Trust me, (or better yet try it) - it's good.
I've tried and tried but couldn't enjoy the smoked stuff. Several of my friends developed a taste for it, but I suspect that has more to do with the buzz than the flavor. This has the same buzz but doesn't taste like chewing a wet cigar out of an ashtray.Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:46:35 -0400/teas/Organic%20Fresh%20Green%20Yerba%20Mate%20Loose/5070-organic-fresh-green-yerba-mate-loose?post=135463
Emperor's Puerh from Numi Organic TeaI had completely forgotten about this tea until this morning. I bought this at Whole Foods on my way in to the office one morning many moons ago, before I knew what 'puerh' meant. Poor innocent me, at the time I just wanted a strong butt-kicking tea for my non-coffee morning. I still haven't tried a real pu-erh, but a bag of this was enough one day to put me off and teach me that I know nothing about tea.
I still can't stand the smell of this one, and it is a very ...fragrant mug. FYI, for anyone who might be tempted by my sexy sexy review: it is a terrible idea to carry a mug around the office that smells like moldy old straw and a barn full of poo. I remember now why I hid this box of tea in the work cupboard instead of keeping it in my tea drawer in my desk. My co-workers hate me. I bet I could go home sick today with little to no explanation, though. (Trying not to torture myself with the thought that they probably think this smell is somehow coming from me!) With this one cup of tea I bet I could fertilize my whole garden. I keep eyeing the bottom of the mug to see if there's a horse farting up at me. - Not sure yet, it's still pretty dark in there.
That being said, I'm still drinking it. It tastes better than it smells. I am from Nebraska, and while this smells gawdawful, it tastes like the farm smells. Tobacco ash, old leather, dust, straw, black walnut. I want a scotch. Wow, I wonder if it's possible to mix this tea and a really really peaty scotch, like a Laphroaig, in some sort of recipe? It's the only thing I can think of that could possibly save it.
So, after all that... does anyone want some of this?Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:55:11 -0400/teas/Emperor's%20Puerh/2399-emperors-puerh?post=135832
Whisper of the Woods from Whispering Pines Tea CompanyThere is, for those of you who have more decorum than I and thus are unaware, such a thing as the "I Got New Tea Today" dance. It may not be pretty, but it does exist. I would know, I just did it. Then I got down to business and sorted out what tea to try first.
This tea sample was one of the ones I scored in a 'bunch of awesomeness' sale from Brenden. For the record, he is great to order from, even when you do it all wrong. :)
This is yoga disguised as tea. I love it. It feels brisk and cooling from the mint, and it certainly has a sharpness to the smell because of it, but it is the best mint blend I have ever tried. Both mint and jasmine are flavors (and smells for that matter) that I adore in theory but get very sick of most of the time in practice. Two steeps in, it is staying wonderful, and just as intriguing as the description. In fact, the smell now reminds me of a wild mint patch I accidentally crushed once... Ah, some memories are not fit for public consumption!
Ahem. The jasmine smoothes the mint in both smell and taste and allows the tea to be a conversation, not an assault. Neither the spearmint or the peppermint ever quite takes over, and there is just perfectly enough jasmine to have a floral grace to the scent and a very unassuming sweetness throughout the cup. This is what I wanted peppermint green tea to be when I first tried it as a kid, mixed with what jasmine tea just plain ol' lies and pretends to be when it is trying to trick you into sipping perfume. Wow. This is an excellent blend.Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:57:03 -0400/teas/Whisper%20of%20the%20Woods/28692-whisper-of-the-woods?post=136381
Chai Spice Mate from GuayakiWed, 24 Oct 2012 23:19:30 -0400/teas/Chai%20Spice%20Mate/5085-chai-spice-mate?post=136431
Coconut Chamomile - DISCONTINUED from Whispering Pines Tea CompanyFri, 26 Oct 2012 19:42:59 -0400/teas/Coconut%20Chamomile%20-%20DISCONTINUED/31494-coconut-chamomile-discontinued?post=136700
Shiki Matcha Powder from Maeda-enSat, 27 Oct 2012 14:57:35 -0400/teas/Shiki%20Matcha%20Powder/2498-shiki-matcha-powder?post=136778
Shiki Matcha Powder from Maeda-enSat, 27 Oct 2012 14:58:03 -0400/teas/Shiki%20Matcha%20Powder/2498-shiki-matcha-powder?post=136779
Tipu's Microground Instant Chai from Tipu's ChaiSo, super storm hurricane whatever hitting today, raining already and I made it halfway to the office before deciding not to get trapped at work. Reading and cocoa today instead. Pj's likely. Was going to have chai, but eww. I just ruined a perfectly good cup of coffee by adding a touch of this. I know, I bastardized this tea. Since this is the third time I have attempted to drink this, each time dressing it up more and more, I think can review with some authority though.
I know several people like this, in fact that is why I got it. Maybe they just sent me an off bag, but this is awful. My boyfriend claims it's a big bag of ground coriander. I have never eaten a coriander, or to my knowledge seen one in the wild. Not sure I can describe it. There is a little ground ginger in this bag, and some cinnamon if I taste really hard, but mostly there is a bitter aromatic herb that has gripped my soft palate and is accumulating there making me kinda ill. I have tried this with some water, milk and sugar, good cream and honey. Pouring those out was sad, but losing a perfectly good cup of french press coffee was the last straw. If my favorite Indian restaurant doesn't blow or swim away in this storm I will go find out what herb blend he uses.Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:26:38 -0400/teas/Tipu's%20Microground%20Instant%20Chai/14303-tipus-microground-instant-chai?post=137004
DISCONTINUED - Whispering Pines Black Tea from Whispering Pines Tea CompanyFirst, some background:
My first try with this sample was yesterday, and I shared it with the s.o. - who had also never tried a lapsang souchong before. He commented that it tasted, of course, like a campfire. And like scotch.
(Storm prep 101= acquire booze... achievement unlocked)
10:37 am, Alleged Storm Day:
Someone *MIGHT* have dribbled the teensiest bit of Ardbeg into my second steeping. That same someone might have also added one little brown fancy sugar cube and curled up in her pj's with a view of the storm. Can't say for sure. I can say that the first steeping tasted like two very different things; that super primal manmakefirecookbuffalo smell that I find unbelievably sexy, and the house I like to pretend I grew up in. Weird. My grandma's place is full of antiques, many of them salvaged from her grandmother's house after the old place had a lightning strike. Camelback steamer trunks, dolls and framed daguerreotypes smell like fire for good reason anyway though.
This. Is. Beautiful.Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:16:51 -0400/teas/DISCONTINUED%20-%20Whispering%20Pines%20Black%20Tea/29676-discontinued-whispering-pines-black-tea?post=137030
Coconut Chamomile - DISCONTINUED from Whispering Pines Tea CompanyI really enjoyed this tea, I know I did. Trouble is, I opened this sample the other night when I was really really not feeling good.
Here's what I do know: I strained one cup off for the bf but left the 'bits' floating in mine. This was Brenden's suggestion and I liked it. Camomile flowers are awesome all waterlogged and juicy, they kinda burst like teensie sweet little teapods when you chomp them. But... I really didn't feel good that night and by the time I finished my cup (and half of his) my stomach was calm and I was out cold. Can't properly review or rate because brain was off and I was unconscious before my teapot cooled. I am quite certain however that it was an excellent choice for a self-pitying tummy-aching, whinging, whining, it's late and I wanna go to bed but everything feels like poo kinda night.Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:30:56 -0400/teas/Coconut%20Chamomile%20-%20DISCONTINUED/31494-coconut-chamomile-discontinued?post=137836
Taiwan Sansia Bi Luo Chun Green Tea from Nuvola TeaWent to Spaworld today for the first time. If you have a Korean spa anywhere near you you should go. I have decided that this is where I live now when the world gets me down. The routine goes something like this; give someone $35 then put your shoes, clothes and cell phone away for the next (up to) 24 hours. Get naked in your gender-specific locker room and go take a shower. Hit the shower/pool/sauna/hot tub/cold tub/infrared rest area of you choice, or all of them. Put on a comfy cotton orange prison jumper and go to the co-ed areas. Get yourself a bubble tea. Scope everything out and relax. Go to the hot rooms made of crystals, salt, ice, charcoal and pine, clay, or the omgomgomg red clay ball pit. Hit all of them. Seriously. Really wish you had thought to bring some iced green tea. Get a massage, salt rub, waxing, spicy tofu soup or dumpling depending on budgetary restrictions. Go lie under two inches of hot red clay balls again until you are putty. Shower again then go lie down someplace comfy for an hour or so. Nap. Repeat until you absolutely positively must be jacked back in to teh worlds again. Best $35 EVER.
In other news, I tried this sample right before I went out today. This is really great and if my third steep had gone with me instead of sitting neglected on the dining room table it would have made everything better. I think *ashmanra* and *scharp* covered the description well, and I am a bit too blissed at the moment to try to add to their insights. This makes two of three samples I have tried from Nuvola that I must have more of. Pretty impressive considering I haven't tried the third yet and already ordered more of the first. Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:45:17 -0400/teas/Taiwan%20Sansia%20Bi%20Luo%20Chun%20Green%20Tea/28966-taiwan-sansia-bi-luo-chun-green-tea?post=137867
Mango Lassi from Butiki TeasTHIS. This definitely goes on the short list of teas I want to curl up with for the winter. I actually requested a swap of this from *Jes* thinking it would be for the bf. He loves mango lassi. Now we both adore this 'evening snack' tea. I am keeping it. In fact, even though there are several more cups in my cupboard I've already ordered more. Will add details tonight.Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:17:27 -0500/teas/Mango%20Lassi/21771-mango-lassi?post=138023
Paris from Harney & SonsThis was included with a swap from *Jes*. Yay! Erm, but is it ok if I don't like it? :)
This tea and I don't get along very well. It smells kinda like warm pink jello, playdough, or plastic and tastes... pink. Don't really know how to describe it. I saw the bergamot, so I was not expecting to love the tea anyway, as I was prepping for something kinda like an Earl Grey. The smell is powerful, but once I got past the nose it was a much milder candy sweetness, like a pink starburst, and it tasted far less fake and plastic-y than it smelled. Tried adding a tiny bit of sugar about halfway through the cup. Ooops. I liked it less then. Glad I got a chance to try this, and equally glad it was a sample and I didn't buy a whole tin! (Which I might've if I'd seen it first because they are beautiful!)Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:17:48 -0500/teas/Paris/1537-paris?post=138024
Apples & Herbs (formerly cinnamon cider punch) from Della Terra TeasIt is no fault of this tea that I really don't like anise, but I don't. I really don't. I somehow glossed over that key word 'aniseed' in the description and ordered it anyway. Eww. I messed this one up though, it is no fault of the blend.
My friend used to make his own absinthe, high test stuff made with everclear. We all hated it, it tasted like poison, wormwood and anise. Which meant we would only drink it when we were out of options and too drunk to go somewhere to get anything better to drink. I never want to wake up sweating insecticide and twizzlers ever again.
That said, if you don't have an absurdly strong aversion to any *hint* of licorice I am pretty sure this would be good. Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:19:20 -0500/teas/Apples%20&%20Herbs%20(formerly%20cinnamon%20cider%20punch)/30496-apples-and-herbs-formerly-cinnamon-cider-punch?post=138025
Gui Fei Oolong from Butiki TeasCan't type, sniffing.
Can't type, sipping.
Can't type, sniffing again.
Edit: I just realized that SOMEONE filled my kettle today with bleachy-tasting tap water. Wow. I am gonna LOVE this tea once I get that cleaned better.
RE-edit: Yup. This was awesome. Drank it like a week ago though. Everything I had hoped and a little more. I really should have taken notes. Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:23:19 -0500/teas/Gui%20Fei%20Oolong/28781-gui-fei-oolong?post=138609
Lemon Ginger Mate from Whispering Pines Tea CompanyMon, 26 Nov 2012 19:27:25 -0500/teas/Lemon%20Ginger%20Mate/29701-lemon-ginger-mate?post=141027
Organic Morning's Journey [discontinued] from Hugo Tea CompanyMon, 26 Nov 2012 19:28:00 -0500/teas/Organic%20Morning's%20Journey%20%5Bdiscontinued%5D/31505-organic-mornings-journey-discontinued?post=141028
Mango Lassi from Butiki TeasAh lub ewe nottea. Ah lub ewe sew mush.
Seriously though - Sometimes it's 10 pm and I know I really really shouldn't drink any more tea, and I DEFINITELY shouldn't kill that pint of Ben and Jerry's HalfBaked in the freezer, but I just might chew through a limb if I don't have something awesome and snack-like to put in my face-hole pretty much immediately. Usually it is at these moments that my boyfriend hides under the covers with an ipad and Netflix. This is fair, as usually the first limb I decide to chew through is not attached to me. However, when I am reminded in a timely manner of the existence of honey, cream, and this tea, his appendages are saved for another day. Remember kiddies, zombievirus may not start at home, but it can end there.
(FYI: The plague will actually kick off someday in a major metropolitan area, on public transport. I know, I have ridden the DC metro.)Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:50:34 -0500/teas/Mango%20Lassi/21771-mango-lassi?post=141330
Organic Pan-Fired Pagoda [discontinued] from Hugo Tea CompanyAck!! I over tea'd this cup! The swiped tea mug had it's cruel, cruel revenge!
FYI, the difference between the s.o.'s David'sTea Perfect Mug and the FORLIFE mug that I usually drink from is about 3 ounces. A 12 ounce capacity is not like a 15 oz. Do not just double the measurement and call it 'close enough' to two 8 oz cups. :-/
Edit: try two: less tea and more good.
I am by no means an expert on green teas. My ability to describe them generally begins with 'fishy' or 'grassy' and doesn't extend far past that. I think I need a flavor wheel-type device. Do they make those?
This one. Hmm. Now that I 'learned the cup' I can see myself drinking a lot of this tea, so I am glad I have a good stockpile. I've had one failed and two successful 12 oz cups tonight. I like it. It is a tiny bit astringent, but not bothersomely so, a little grassy and a little sweet and floral smelling with just a hint of seaweed. Actually very well rounded.
This was FAR too easy to drink. Someone drank my tea again. :) It is 8 pm and I have downed far too much green tea, and now I have nothing left to review. Will try again soon.
Edited, the rematch! Round three: FIGHT!
Wow. A Mortal Kombat moment. I think sipping green tea and watching Mortal Kombat fatalities collected onto YouTube is pretty much never what a tea company has in mind for their product. Still fun, though, in an odd kinda way. Anyway, on to the tea. This is really demmed good! The dry leaf is a beautiful deep green and the broth seems hearty to me, a rich full mouthfeel with barely any astringency. I blame my mis-steep the other night or making it seem astringent then. I like that this is one of the first deep greens that I have tried that doesn't make me think of the fish-based plant fertilizer I use for my orchids.Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:34:53 -0500/teas/Organic%20Pan-Fired%20Pagoda%20%5Bdiscontinued%5D/31506-organic-pan-fired-pagoda-discontinued?post=141717
Golden Fleece from Verdant TeaI think this may actually be the perfect tea. It's just... everything. Words fail. Honey, vanilla, mushroom, yes. The mushroom sugar and kind of a cashew taste keep recombining in each sip, always there in different measure. There is a touch of spice in the back, it is really nice, but I am not sure what it is, I really can't sort it. Others call it cinnamon, so I guess we can go with that. I keep getting a smooth feeling, with a warm barn fragrance even beyond the fungus smell which I keep relating to lanolin, and it won't go away or just be called silky, even though I probably only think that because the name 'fleece' suggested it.
Speaking of fleece, this is so incredibly soft and sexy and golden gorgeous I wish it were my fleece. I could wear a sweater made of this stuff all winter if I wouldn't be worried about messing up the flavor of the precious. :-)Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:15:54 -0500/teas/Golden%20Fleece/26684-golden-fleece?post=141833
Organic Pan-Fired Pagoda [discontinued] from Hugo Tea CompanyI've been drinking this tea daily while at work, and it has really been good to me. Not only has it been consistently tasty, but it has been very forgiving when I am less attentive than it deserves. Mornings at work I need all the smiles I can eke out of my otherwise bleary face.Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:23:53 -0500/teas/Organic%20Pan-Fired%20Pagoda%20%5Bdiscontinued%5D/31506-organic-pan-fired-pagoda-discontinued?post=142931
Dark Roast Anxi Tieguanyin from Whispering Pines Tea CompanyFri, 14 Dec 2012 19:13:50 -0500/teas/Dark%20Roast%20Anxi%20Tieguanyin/32350-dark-roast-anxi-tieguanyin?post=144516
OLD VERSION (2011-2014) River Rain from Whispering Pines Tea CompanyMon, 17 Dec 2012 20:58:55 -0500/teas/OLD%20VERSION%20(2011-2014)%20River%20Rain/30896-old-version-2011-2014-river-rain?post=145036
Toasted Coconut Chai - DISCONTINUED from Whispering Pines Tea CompanyMon, 17 Dec 2012 20:59:56 -0500/teas/Toasted%20Coconut%20Chai%20-%20DISCONTINUED/29239-toasted-coconut-chai-discontinued?post=145038
Chocolate Phoenix Chai from Verdant TeaMon, 31 Dec 2012 19:40:41 -0500/teas/Chocolate%20Phoenix%20Chai/29237-chocolate-phoenix-chai?post=147677
Finnigan's Wakeup from Chad's Chai and Tea CompanyMon, 31 Dec 2012 19:43:54 -0500/teas/Finnigan's%20Wakeup/13098-finnigans-wakeup?post=147678
Ginger Sage Winter Spa Blend from Verdant TeaNot supposed to be on Steepster. Not supposed to be even thinking about teas until next payday. Even though I have bunches of new tea swag. Payday is forever away. But I miss steepster, and I don't feel good. Besides, I was saving this sample for a sick day, and I am sick. Shouldn't hold a girl who isn't feeling well to a deal she made with de debil when she could still breathe through her nose. And there isn't any tea in this tea anyhow, so it's not really a tea review.
This stuff deserves it's own infomercial complete with outrageous claims and wide-eyed fake co-host surprise. I usually hate things that are good for me. This tastes amazing. (I added some honey because my throat is horrible, then found out that it is a great compliment to the flavor, as others have noted.) It is the impossible dream, real medicine that doesn't taste like it already got sick once. But that's not all... ! It's even all organic! This is THE "sickly-seasonal herbal concoction". I am stocking up for the winter once the income, energy, spirit and diet have cleared up from the consumerist winter seasonal holiday nightmare-event. Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:32:02 -0500/teas/Ginger%20Sage%20Winter%20Spa%20Blend/31679-ginger-sage-winter-spa-blend?post=148264
Immortal Springs Laoshan White from Verdant TeaMon, 04 Feb 2013 18:58:06 -0500/teas/Immortal%20Springs%20Laoshan%20White/32468-immortal-springs-laoshan-white?post=155613
Master Han's Wild Picked Yunnan Black from Verdant TeaMon, 04 Feb 2013 19:21:12 -0500/teas/Master%20Han's%20Wild%20Picked%20Yunnan%20Black/34012-master-hans-wild-picked-yunnan-black?post=155616
Laoshan Black from Verdant TeaMon, 04 Feb 2013 19:23:15 -0500/teas/Laoshan%20Black/20064-laoshan-black?post=155617